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McMaster economist wins Polanyi Prize

César Sosa-Padilla was announced as the Polanyi Prize winner for Economic Sciences Tuesday at a ceremony at the University of Toronto's Massey College.
'We are pleased to take part in this mission and to support the Premier's efforts to strengthen ties and encourage new investments and partnerships between our two regions,' says Peter Mascher, McMaster's Associate Vice-President, International who will join Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne on a weeklong business mission to the Middle East.

McMaster strengthens ties with leading global post-secondary institutions, industry

McMaster's Associate Vice-President, International Affairs, Peter Mascher, is in Thailand to discuss university-private sector collaboration and share best practices in research and innovation.

Asthma researcher receives international honour

Malcolm Sears, a professor of medicine at McMaster and world-renowned for his influential research on asthma, has received the 2016 J. Allyn Taylor International Prize in Medicine.
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Search for clues to life on Mars takes researchers to Hawaii

The newly-formed rocks at the Kilauea volcano resemble the conditions of Mars billions of years ago, when it was actively volcanic and may have had liquid water.
John Dorsey (pictured), son of McMaster alumnus, Lieutenant Robert (Bob) Dorsey holds a

“Only 23 and gone.” A son commemorates the father he never knew

John Dorsey was three months old when his father was killed one day after D-day. Now John is paying tribute to his father through song and through a special archive donated by the Dorsey family to McMaster University Library.
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McMaster scientists discover autism gene slows down brain cell communication

Scientists at McMaster's Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute have discovered genetic alterations in a gene in individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
With the help of the Lewis and Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, PhD student Melissa Marie (emmy) Legge, pictured here with therapy dog Boom, has built an electronic sensor package to help better understand the experiences of therapy dogs.

How a dog named Boom is helping us learn more about the lives of service animals

PhD candidate Melissa Marie Legge has built an electronic sensor package to help better understand the experiences of therapy dogs.
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Ontario start-up secures $41.4M to advance cancer immunotherapy

McMaster, along with The Ottawa Hospital, the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the University of Ottawa have congratulated Turnstone Biologics Inc.3 on securing $41.4 million U.S. in new private investments.
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McMaster provost earns award from professional society

Contributions to a key professional society has earned a McMaster materials engineer recognition from his peers.
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Popular ultrasound treatment doesn’t improve fracture healing

Low intensity ultrasound after surgical repair of a bone fracture is a popular treatment to improve recovery, but it doesn't work, says a large international study led by researchers at McMaster University.
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Can diabetes be reversed? Researchers are testing ways to do so

Can Type 2 diabetes be stopped in its tracks, pushed into remission, and perhaps reversed? McMaster University researchers want to find out.
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International study proves old blood is as good as new

McMaster researchers led an international study that found that prolonged blood storage does not have an effect on mortality after transfusion in a general population of hospitalized patients.